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Revision as of 14:22, 18 September 2012
Rapier (Capo Ferro) basic training:
Solo exercises
Pair drills
The Plays from the Plates
We will video the entire book plate by plate and play by play. The purpose of the drills is to enable us to perform the plays. The purpose of the plays is to enable us to kill our opponent in a duel. See here: Specific Plays from Capoferro
Rapier (Capo Ferro) intermediate training:
CCR drill to step 10
Fabris: counter-guards
Toccata
Adding degrees of freedom to the previous drills
Sword alone freeplay
4 dagger parries
Stringer-parry-strike
Feint, parry, strike
Sword and dagger X parry drill.
All drills done as distance drills (see above for basic pattern)
Sword and dagger freeplay
Seminar footage
- A sample seminar, covering some basic techniques and practice:
- Part One Rapier seminar held on March 31st 2012. This is the morning session of a full day seminar. It includes structural/grounding practice, footwork, basic actions and the plays of plates 7 and 16.
- Part 2: includes stringering games, plays of plates 7, 10, 13, 16, 17.
